Gun aim controller device



GR 299279374 SR Mam}! 1960 w. MURCHISON 2,927,374

GUN AIM CONTROLLER DEVICE Filed Sept. 2, 1958 Il-hl INVENTOR, LU/l iam mum/won 24 ATTORNEX United States Patent GUN AIM CONTROLLER DEVICE William Murchison, Kansas City, Mo. Application September 2, 1958, Serial No. 758,235 3 Claims. (on. 33-52 This invention relates to a device for guiding the eye and aiming a firearm, and has for its primary object the provision of structure capable of improving marksmanship by eliminating the necessity of using the style that is normally required in holding conventional sights in line with a target.

It is the most important object of the present invention to provide a device for controlling the aim of a firearm, having as a part thereof certain elemea s whi are of contrastingsgolors so that game may be q ly and easily sighted without the necessity of the care that is normally required in utilizing the muzzle sight and the breech sight of a conventional gun.

Another important object of the instant invention is to provide a device of the aforementioned character that utilizes, in addition to the contrasting color principle above-mentioned, means in the nature of spaced rows of bead-like elements as a further aid in aiming the gun.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a gun having an aim controller device made pursuant to the present invention, operably mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, top plan view of the device showing the gun barrel fragmentarily.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged, cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary, side elevational view similar to Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a view looking into the muzzle of a conventional over-under firearm illustrating the adaptability of the device thereto.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing the device applied to a double-barreled gun.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary, side elevational view of a gun barrel illustrating in cross section, a manner of raising one end of the top plate of the device taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 8 is an end view of the barrel shown in Fig. 7 and illustrating the device as shown in Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 7 showing another way of raising the top plate of the device taken on line 9-9 of Fig. 10; and

Fig. 10 is a crosssectional view taken on line 10-10 of Fig. 9.

The aim controller device of the instant invention is essentially the same in all views in the drawing and includes a top plate 12 and a bottom plate 14, both of which may be substantially square as illustrated and disposed in embracing relationship to barrel 16 of a firearm 18 adjacent muzzle sight 20 thereof and remote from breech sight 22.

Releasable clamping of the plates 12 and 14 to the barrel 16 is accomplished through the medium of a plurality of fasteners 24 passing through plates 12 and 14 alongside barrel 16. Preferably, such fasteners 24 are in the nature of bolts provided with beads 26 on the upper surface of plate 12 and in the chosen embodiment of my invention, at least two bolts 24 are provided on each side respectively of the barrel 16.

Auxiliary openings 28 in plates 12 and 14, likewise adapted to receive the bolts 24, may be used so as to adapt the device for mounting on guns 30 of the overunder type as shown in Fig. 5, or double-barreled guns 32 as shown in Fig. 6. To this end, therefore, plates 12 and 14 should be made from a suitable metal or other bendable material so that the shape thereof will conform to the type of gun with which the device is used-as illus-- trated in Figs. 3, 5 and 6.

An important feature of the present invention is the provision of strips of contrasting colors on the upper face of plate 12, as best seen in Fig. 2. Plate 12 is provided with a median light-colored strip 34 and a pair of spaced, dark-colored strips 36 and 38. The elongated strips 34, 36 and 38 are in parallelism and the contrasting colors thereof may be attained in any suitable manner as, for example, through use of paint or coatings.

Noteworthy is the fact that the width of the strip 34 is preferably substantially the same as the outside diameter of the barrel 16, and manifestly, all three strips extend the full length of the plate 12 with the strip 34 disposed in centered relationship to the median line of the top of the barrel 16. Strip 34 spans the distance between the strips 36 and 38 and the last-mentioned strips extend laterally outwardly beyond the heads 26 of the bolts 24 in the form of wings. Consequently, the strip 34 has its longitudinal axis aligned with the sights 20 and 22. Additionally, it is to be preferred that the auxiliary aim-controlling means provided by heads 26, be light in color for quick and easy location during sighting; therefore, the same material that is employed to coat the strip 34 may be used in covering the heads 26.

In the event it is desired to lower the muzzle in accordance with the range so that the device may be held in line with the target even when the muzzle must be shifted to allow for the curve in the trajectory of the projectile, a strip 40 of preferably resilient material may be interposed between the plate 12 and the barrel 16 as illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8. Alternately, such raising of the forward end of plate 12 may be accomplished through the medium of a coil 42 interposed between plate 12 and barrel 16 and held in place by a wire or the like 44 interconnecting the two forwardmost bolts 24 and passing through the coil 42 as is clear in Figs. 9 and 10.

The color of the inner face of plate 12 and the faces of plate 14 is not important, but here again, it is to be preferred that the same be white in contrast to the black strips 36 and 38.

In use, the median strip 34 may be employed in conjunction with sights 20 and 22, or preferably in lieu thereof, and the device is especially adapted for hunting purposes for the reason that the hunter is able to more quickly and more accurately aim the fiream than through use of ordinary sights requiring high precision and accurate alignment as is well known by those skilled in this field.

Haw'ng thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

l. A device for guiding the eye in aiming a firearm having a muzzle sight and a breech sight, said device comprising a bottom plate and a top plate, the latter having a normally uppermost face provided with a pair of spaced, elongated strips and an elongated, median, light-colored strip spanning the distance between the spaced strips; and fasteners for clamping the device to the barrel of a firearm near the muzzle sight with said barrel between the plates and with the median strip centered with the middle line of the top of said barrel, said fasteners extending above said face of the top plate, one

Patented Mar. 8, 19 60 on each side respectively of the median strip, presenting auxiliary aim controlling means.

2. A device for guiding the eye in aiming a firearm having a muzzle sight and-a breech sight, said device comprising a bottom plate and a top p1ate,,the latter having a normally uppermost face provided with a pair of spaced, elongated strips and an elongated, median,

lightzcoloredrstriprspanning the distance between the spaced strips; and boltsfoiclamping the device to the barrel of a firearm near the muzzle sight with said barrel 10 cent corresponding dark-colored strips, presenting auxiliary aim control means.

3. The invention of claim 1, and means for raising that end of the top plate proximal to the muzzle sight 5 whereby to lower the muzzle according to range while the median strip is held in line with a target.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 533,003 Dieflenbach Jan. 22, 1895 FOREIGN PATENTS 33.597 Germany Nov. 7, 1885 

